2224. Stone Gambling in Ancient Street 2
Leng Xuan looked at it and nodded. The middle-aged man's skills were very good. Just like his hand, a small knife flew on the emerald stone quickly and accurately. Every knife was just right, and no movement was unnecessary. After watching for a few minutes, the middle-aged man quickly moved his right hand and suddenly pulled it back, and the emerald green stone in his hand had transformed into a crystal clear tiger. Although the tiger was small, its face and figure were huge. But it's lifelike, as if it's real.
The middle-aged man's craftsmanship immediately attracted applause and praise from the onlookers. The middle-aged man smiled slightly, then stood up and said: "There is a certain chance that these stones contain jade, and the quality ranges from low to high. Of course, It depends on your luck and vision. If the stone you buy contains jade, then I can carve it for you for free without any charge." As soon as he finished speaking, several onlookers were immediately tempted. , and began to lean down and search inside those stones.
Not long after, several customers who were interested in trying chose a small stone and handed it to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man weighed it in the palm of his hand, then stretched out three fingers and said: "Three thousand." The people couldn't help but exclaimed: "So expensive?" The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Everyone, this price is already very cheap. If jade can be cut out, the cost of these three thousand will immediately increase several times or even dozens of times. More than twice as much. As the saying goes, if you don’t take a gamble, how do you know if you have such luck?” Although his words are reasonable, many people still cannot accept the price. If such a small stone is so expensive, wouldn't it cost tens of thousands if it were larger? Moreover, if you are unlucky, so much money will be wasted. This idea immediately made many people give up the idea of playing.
The middle-aged man didn't care about this, and the customer who asked for three thousand hesitated for a moment, then readily took out thirty bills from his wallet and handed them to the middle-aged man. After taking the money, the middle-aged man smiled and immediately fixed the stone on the cutting machine. Then select a cut surface, sprinkle some water, and start to slowly press the cutter down. Although Leng Xuan doesn't know much about this kind of thing, he knows a little bit about it. There are several types of gambling stones like this, one is called full gambling and the other is called half gambling. The so-called full bet is a stone. There is no emerald green on the outside. You can only rely on experience and eyes to judge whether there is jade in the stone. As a half-bet, a thin layer of green will appear on a certain surface of the stone. For a green stone like that, the probability of cutting out jadeite is much higher than that of a completely bet stone. Of course, the price is naturally much more expensive.
At this moment, the middle-aged man was controlling the cutter to cut into the middle of the stone little by little. Stones like this, especially small stones, are usually cut directly from the middle, so that you can quickly determine whether there is jade inside. If it is a big stone worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, then you need to be careful when using the knife. The first step is to cut the edge, which is to cut off the side of the stone and only cut off a small piece to see if there will be green inside. If it is green, then it is very likely that there will be a complete piece of jade inside the stone. If you cut it directly from the middle, the jade will be cut in half, which will reduce the value a lot.